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SA 1006. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1082, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 505(o)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 202 of the bill, insert the following:
``(H) In a case where a drug may be prescribed only by a physician with particular training or experience, or who is specially certified, a health care provider who is not so certified or trained to prescribe the drug may enter into a cooperation plan with a physician who has particular training or experience, or is specially certified, in order to prescribe such drug with the informed consent of the patient. The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall determine the requirements for such cooperation
plan.

(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on May 1, 2007.)